“Hansel & Gretel must let go of their smartphones and tablets and learn to work together if they’re going to reach the Enchanted Gingerbread House and win the Amazing Hunger Race!”

Excerpt from press release:

In Cow Over Moon’s modern twist on the classic fairy tale, Hansel & Gretel must let go of their smartphones and tablets and learn to work together if they’re going to reach the Enchanted Gingerbread House and win the Amazing Hunger Race. They might need a little help from the audience too!
For almost twenty years, Cow Over Moon has been creating modern updates on classic fairy tales through a collective creation process involving improvisation, music, and lots of laughs. Hansel & Gretel was directed by Toronto Fringe General Manager Lucy Eveleigh, who was also formerly the Artistic Producer of Cow Over Moon.
Hansel & Gretel features an all-star cast including award-winning comedians Faisal Butt (winner of Sirius XM’s Top Comic in Canada who recently opened for Russell Peters), and Gene Abella (Canadian Comedy Award winning member of sketch troupe Asiansploitation). Playing the role of Gretel is up-and-coming singer/songwriter Michelle Thibodeau. Michelle recently sang for Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, as a finalist on the Toronto TV Show Over The
Rainbow, a search contest for Dorothy in Mirvish’s production of The Wizard of Oz.

 

Venue: 
George Ignatieff Theatre, 15 Devonshire Place

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Photo provided by Cow Over Moon.